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Born in Ireland, Murphy graduated from a local unnamed university with a business degree. Moving to the U.S. and settling in New York City, New York, in the early 1980s, later in Florida, he worked in construction at both locations. He eventually met and began dating a woman who worked as a casting assistant, which was what got him into acting. First experimenting in Miami, Murphy moved back to Ireland for a two-year formal training at the Focus Theater. For eight more years, Murphy made appearances in TV movies and theater before being brought to Los Angeles, California, by a movie in 1999. To make a living in the city, he worked in a bar and sold Christmas trees. His more recent roles as supporting characters have garnered him a cult following, and he has especially gained recognition from his portrayal of Grigor, a character who appears in a commercial series for DirectTV.[1][2]